Improved apparatus for generating vapor



D. ,H. CHAMBERLAIN. APPARATUS FOR GENERATING VAPOR.

N0. 34,39 Patented Feb. 11, 1862 m5 NORRIS PCTERS co, vumauwmwnqmamu, u.c.

made from a condenser or a pump or other tially filled with alcohol orther quickly-va means of supply through the pi pe Ian'd hollow porizingfluid. The sh] is revolved by shaft H and lateral openings 7 in theshaft to hand or otherwise. his carries the belt D A theinterior of thereservoir G,which isintended through the tubeslghnd also revolves thecyl. to be kept partially filled with fluid. A cylininder C, towhielfthe saturatedbelt gives up a der,K, somewhatlike the one,(),previousl;v depart of its fluid, and through the openings 2 3 scribed,has its hub n fitted to the shaft H, so 4 5, as before described;moistens the coverings. that thev cylinder is'revolved with the shaft.0' of the plates'g,where,comingincontact, in a The belt Dis passed roundthis cylinder, the finely divided state,1 withthe heat radiated sides ofwhich are perforated with holes 8. -from the hot partition-plates b andthe inner The bottom, liowever,is tight. The fluid,whi ch surface df tli e cylinder B, the fluid is quickly is-thrown in through the hollowshaft H f'alJS vaporized; d1 the'engine may be started by ininto thiscylinder K, and passing through the jectjng a smail amount of fluiddirectly into holes .8 saturatesthe belt- D. The surplus, if thegenerators; the .vapor thus raised is any, flows over the edge of thecylinder and applied-to the'vtkor ng of an engine, the exfalls into thebody of the reservoir G. To ashaust front the' -working cylinder may besist in keeping the belt saturated in case the thrown into a condenserand'be taken thence supply through the pipe H should not besuffiby thepipe I and hpllow shaft H back to the cient at all times, Iappend tothe-edge of the reservoir G with but trifling loss. The operbottomofthe-cylinderK adrip--cloth',' p, which ation may thusbe re"deredcontinuous, care hangs down into the fluid in the reservoir G, I

and being itself saturated helps to moisten the voir G so much flui jasmay be lost by leakbeltD, the lower-edge of which runs in contact age,800. v

with the cloth. Two stout 'flat metal tubes, L,v The above constitutesan economical and reone on'each side, form a communication from liableapparatus for generating vapor from the reservoir G to the generator B.The interalcohol and other fluids. l

nal form and capacity of these tubes is such WhatI claim asmy invention,and desire-to that theband I) shall fill them snugly and yet secure byLetters Patent, is- I bepermitted to be drawn through them as the 1 1.In combination with a reservoir for conshaftH isrevol- .ed. The lengthof these tubes taining thefluid and lgenerator for evapor-' should besufiicient to prevent the escape of ating it, the endless belt D, andtubes L for the vapor from,the generator B back through conveying thefluid'to the generator, substanthem' into the reservoir G, This .willdetially as described; f

pend on thepressure to be maintained in the 2.-,'The generator B, withits partitions b, in

1 generator, and-on the tight fitting of the belt combination with thecylinder 0 and its .cov-

in the tubes,aud on thetextureand consistency ered plates 9,substantially as set forth.

o'f the belt itself. I pre ferto make the belt of "'13. The reservoir G,in combination with the a close firmwoolcn felt. A round tube andcylinder K,' substantially'as specified.

.cliudrical belt maybe'used 'ijhstea'd'ofa flat v s M E The followingis'the' operation of the appa- Witnesses:

rates: A fireisistartedinthe furnace A, the THos. R. RoAoH,

beltD is saturatedmndthe reservoirG is par- P. E. TESOHEMACHER.

